Wildlife Habitat
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Human activity is indirectly adding large birds to skies near airports- Don’t Blame Mother Nature for the Crash. The editors. 2 articles. New York Times
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EPA says Columbia River pollution levels “unacceptable risk to people, fish and wildife- For those not familiar, the Columbia River is the major river of the Pacific Northwest. It and its tributaries drain almost all of Idaho, and Washington states, and western Montana. . . . much of Oregon and British Columbia too, plus the…
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Protection of Wyoming and Salt River Range, plus Commissary Ridge from drilling wins praise- Massive Public Lands Bill a Bonanza for Sportsmen. By Chris Hunt. New West. But there is more in the bill than protection of certain parcels of land- If you don’t think about the Owyhee Initiative part of the bill, it seems…
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“Conservationists, farmers and governments work together so that everyone benefits. . .” Denver Post- Denver Post story. By Mark Jaffe I suspect there are folks on this blog who know the actual details who may have something to say about this “success.” Ralph Maughan
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Prospects for “wilderness bill” have now improved- Walt Minnick, the Democrat who defeated incumbent nutwinger Bill Sali for Idaho First Congressional District, joined with Idaho Second District Representative, Republican Mike Simpson to reintroduce the controversial Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act (CIEDRA) on the first day of Congress. With Democrats in control the prospects…
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Lucas is one of the finest environmental lawyers in the country. He understands that MASSIVE alternative energy wind and solar farms are not the answer- We have discussed the problems with massive energy generation in remote locations with long transmission lines a lot in this forum. It’s good to see someone of Lucas’ caliber understands…
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Mark Rey set to hamstring Western national forests and counties allowing developers to pave Forest Service logging roads for remote subdivisions- The “Darth Vader” of the national forests is poised to strike again during the Administration’s deaththrows. Former timber lobbyist Rey, who bosses the Forest Service, will try to set in stone the plan to…
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Some good results on US 30 in Southwestern Wyoming- Webcams show deer quickly using new underpasses– By Jeff Gearino. Casper Star Tribune. Southwest Wyoming bureau. Over 800 deer have already used the underpasses. Other animals too.